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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume X, Issue 489, 7 December 1899, Page 13

A 100 pigeon match will be shot at Potter’s Paddock on Friday December 22. Seven birds, twenty-one to thirty-one yards rise The entrance fee is £1 10s, which must be sent in to Mr D. Evitt, Queen Street, not later than Thursday next, December 14, and there is an acceptance fee of £l. The prize money will be divided ag follows First, £65; second, £2O; third, £l5, or pro rata according to the number of entrants t

In this issue there is an announcement from our old friend Mr B C. Roberts lately of the Central Hotel. Mr Roberts has acquired the Lake Hotel, Takapuna, where his well-known ability to make people comfortable should stand him in good stead. The Lake is just the place to drive out to in the cool of the evening after a busy day in the dusty city. Business men will find Mr Roberts’ cuisine excellent and there is no doubt that under his control the Lake should become a still more popular resort than it has been.